Purpose Remote work has allowed IT professionals to engage in “side hustles”, which is against the law in the Indian labour market. Professionals in the IT industry are constantly being scrutinized due to the emerging “side hustling” culture, and as a result, they are frequently subjected to rude and uncivil behaviour by others. This study aims to examine the outcome of workplace incivility on the employee’s job search behaviour and their silence. Along with this, it examines the intervening effect of organizational cynicism on the interrelation of workplace incivility with job search behaviour and employee silence. It further investigates the buffering role of workplace friendship in the link between workplace incivility and organizational cynicism. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a mixed-methods approach was used, which included testing the structural model followed by a qualitative study. In Study 1, the structural model testing of time-lagged primary data from 252 respondents who worked in information technology (IT) or information technology-enabled services was done, whereas Study 2 included a qualitative analysis. Findings The findings disclose that workplace incivility is positively connected to job search behaviour and employee silence. Organizational cynicism significantly intervenes in the link between workplace incivility and job search behaviour, and between workplace incivility and employee silence, whereas workplace friendship functions as a moderator in the link between workplace incivility and organizational cynicism. The findings indicate that if an employee experiences incivility at work, then workplace friendship plays an active role in encouraging the cynical behaviour of targeted employees towards their organisation. Originality/value In the past, investigators have investigated the concept of workplace incivility; however, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, its impact on job search behaviour is studied for the first time ever, whereas its impact on employee silence is studied for the first time in a moonlighting context in Indian industry. In light of the massive layoffs in India's IT industry because of employees' pursuit of side hustles, the results of this study will help firms better comprehend the negative repercussions of workplace incivility. These effects include employees' reluctance to speak up about problems at work and an increase in their frequency of actively seeking other employment.

The goal of this study is to examine the direct relationship between inclusive leadership and innovative work behaviour. In addition, the study examines the indirect influence of inclusive leadership on innovative work behaviour through thriving at work . With the aid of a validated instrument, 380 respondents from the hospitality industry provided primary data for the study.

This research attempts to inspect the effects of inclusive leadership on employees and their sense of psychological safety and innovative work behaviours. It examines whether coworker envy and organizational cynicism acts as an intervening measure in the link between inclusive leadership and psychological safety. It also endeavours to look into the role of coworker envy and organizational cynicism as a mediating factor in the association between inclusive leadership and innovative work behaviour. For the present research, information was gathered from 279 people employed in the hotel industry. SmartPLS 3 software was used to analyse the data using the PLS-SEM (partial least square-structural equation modelling) method. The findings indicate a significant positive relationship amongst inclusive leadership, psychological safety, and innovative work behaviour. In addition, a partial intervening effect of coworker envy and organizational cynicism was also observed.